Friday, February 24, 2012

ARTICHOKES GOING TO SEED

ARTICHOKES GOING TO SEED by Louise001
ARTICHOKES GOING TO SEED, a photo by Louise001 on Flickr.

ARTICHOKES GOING TO SEED

I used to love to see the Artichoke fields in Castroville, California when the farmers left a section of a field to go to seed. They would sometimes look like this to me before the brilliant purple tops came out like all thistles do...which artichokes are.
I am always inspired by Karlyn Holman's books and I got the idea for this from her Watercolor Without Boundaries Book.
I used the Elegant Writer Pen, and Caran D' Ache Neocolor Wax pastels.
The snow finally stopped after 18 or 20 hours ...and I was housebound having the choice of which to do, house cleaning or art...guess what won?....:) :)

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